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Fin and April survived their California Sharknado storm.
Romance renewed, they take a trip to New York in order to get together with Fin’s
sister and her husband. They haven’t even arrived when the signs of another
Sharknado hitting the Big Apple begin to appear. In fact, it crashes their
plane and they are thrust into another episode of survival.

When Sharknado 2 premiered,
you’re damn right I was watching it with a group of equally insane friends. I
liked the first one and had been looking forward to the second one.

Ok, it’s not a masterpiece. It won’t be viewed as amazing
cinema in the future, or at all for that matter. It may not even technically be
a “good” movie – but it is entertaining and amusing. In the end, that’s what
most viewers are really looking for.

As fun as the first one was, I think the second one was even
better. Obviously, I’m not factoring in the terrible representation of science
or the fact that critics apparently felt like they were smacked in the face by
a fin (they hated it).

First of all, the plot was more confident. The writers didn’t
have to wonder if anyone would watch; they knew that people would be tuning in
to the premiere and then sticking around to watch the encore, possibly even
recording it. So they had the freedom to be silly and punny, which brought up
the “campy” factor quite a bit.

Secondly, the celebrity cameo’s elevated the interest level.
Wil Wheaton, Kurt Angle, there was even Pepa from the 90’s rap duo Salt n’
Pepa. It was like a smorgasbord of awesome!

Third, the references were spectacular. I don’t know if they
were on purpose or not, but there were a ton of Evil Dead/Army of Darkness references.

If you enjoyed the first Sharknado
then, by all means, watch this one. Even if you don’t like creature features,
you might enjoy it. A friend of mine avoids them like the plague and still
enjoyed Sharknado and Sharknado 2.

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 26%

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – None yet

Netflix’s Prediction for Me – N/A

Trust-the-Dice Score – 4/5

The Random Rating:
Rated R – for strong violence with blood and gore

P.S. At the beginning of every month I generally do the Top
10 Movies to Look Out For – but nothing I’m going to recommend comes out on the
first anyway, so the Sharknado 2
premiere came first.

Anthony has done his best to distance himself from his
family. He even moved out of the U.S. and opened a restaurant on another
continent. Business wound up kind of sucking and when his best friend finds him
and gives him the idea to start a detective agency he folds. Their first case,
though, takes them further into danger than they ever expected.

I hate the word “derivative.” In fact, the only time you’ll
ever see it used in one of my reviews is when I’m making fun of it. Why? Well,
when a critic uses the word to describe a movie, they’re basically just saying
that the film was imitating another one. In a lot of cases, I find that it’s
less imitation and more inspiration. I mean, directors grow up watching movies
and honed their styles in the memory of their favorites, right? So almost every
one of them has been inspired by something someone else made. If a critic
simply means the movie is cookie cutter or unimaginative – then they should
just say that. I feel like it’s just a word those people use to sound more
elitist.

Cat Run was not
well liked by critics. I think the lot of them were watching the wrong movie or
something, because I thought the film was hilarious.

There’s a lot of sex and nudity, but considering the main
plot it makes sense for there to be a lot of sexuality. There was also the
buddy-detective aspect because of the two main characters. Most of Cat Run actually seemed like an episode
of Psyche with different actors. It
did have some relatively original parts, though, and I thought the characters
came alive through the actors.

There were some plot holes. The only one that I can mention
without adding a spoiler alert, however, is that it’s never explained why
Anthony has such superior observation skills (his skills are revealed roughly
10 minutes into the movie). I would have liked to know the story behind it.